Countries with ‘Overtourism’ Problem Revealed

Croatia is the top travel destination suffering from ‘overtourism’, a new index has revealed.

The first Adventure Travel Index by Australian travel company Intrepid compared the number of tourists to locals to create a “tourism density index”.

The data showed that Croatia’s tourists outnumbered the locals by 1,380.37 per cent. With a population of 4.17 million people, Croatia saw 57.58 million tourists in 2018. Iceland follows in the second position with approximately 5.6 tourists for every resident.

“When visitors outweigh locals, it can become an issue for their cost of living and therefore quality of life,” the report said.

The index also revealed places with the most undertourism – that is, destinations with the lowest tourist-to-population ratios. Tanzania took the top spot with almost 1.3 million visitors to its 55.5 million locals, followed by Papua New Guinea and Kenya.